:

A continuous military campaign North Africa & the Italian Campaign (1941-1943)
from 1939-1945
The Battle of the Atlantic
FDR & Churchill agreed that _____________________
was the top priority, but American troops would be deployed
to fight _____________________ at the same time
To win in Europe, the U.S. had to secure the
________________________ supply lines against
German submarines
The Allies won the Battle of the Atlantic by breaking
Germanys _______________________________
The Soviet Union & the Eastern Front
When the USA entered WWII, Stalin wanted the Allies to open
a ___________________ & divide German army
Instead, Britain & USA agreed to fight the Axis Powers in
_____________________ (Stalin was_________)
The Allies defeated Germany at the Battle of _________
in 1942 & then pushed the Axis Powers out of Africa
American & British troops invaded ________________,
took Sicily in 1943, seized Rome in 1944
In 1945, Mussolini was __________________ &
______________________ by the Italian resistance
Meanwhile, the Soviet army stopped the
German attack at Moscow & Leningrad in
1942
The Battle of Stalingrad (Aug. 1942-Feb. 1943)
The Soviets defeated the German army
at the _____________________
The Soviet victory at Stalingrad was a
_____________________ in World
War II because the Russians began
pushing towards _______________
from the East by 1943

Operation Overlord (D-Day) June 6, 1944

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the USA ______________________________ to the Pacific theater By 1944, the Allies decided to open a _______________ by
The Battle of Midway, June 1942 invading Nazi-occupied ______________
The Pacific war revealed a new kind of fighting by using Operation Overlord (called ____________) in June 1944 was the
________________________________________ ______________ land & sea attack in history
The ____________________________ in the war in the Pacific came at the Battle of The _______________________ invasion was deadly, but
_____________________ the Allied victory created a Western Frontand allowed the Allies
After Midway, the Allies began to _____________________________ controlled by Japan to push towards ___________________ from the West
Japan did not play by traditional rules in war At the same time, the __________________ pushed from
_____________________ pilots flew planes into ____________________ & aircraft carriers the East
o Forced to fight a ______________ war, Hitler
Japanese soldiers refused to _______________________ & __________________________
ordered a massive counter-attack at the Battle of the
Allied prisoners of war
Bulgebut ____
o By March 1945, the Allies were fighting in Germany &
pushing towards _____________________
Island Hopping Strategy:

1. The problem for the Allies was the __________________ & _____________________ it would cost to retake the thousands of islands
the Japanese controlled in the Pacific
2. The fight for _____________________ took ______________________ & cost 25,000 Japanese & 2,000 U.S. lives
3. The U.S. developed an ___________________________________________ strategy to skip the heavily defended islands & seize
islands close to Japan
4. From 1943 to 1945, the Allies took back the ___________________________ & were moving in on _____________
 Victory in Europe
In February 45, the Big Three met at the _________ In April 1945, the Soviet army
Conference to create a postwar plan for Europe _______________ Berlin
Stalin agreed to send troops to help the U.S. On April 30, 1945, Hitler
In Spring 1945, the Allies won the islands of ___________________ & __________________________ committed ____________
Okinawa They agreed to allow ________________ (free On May 9, 1945, the German
From these islands, the U.S. began elections) in nations freed from Nazi rule government signed an
__________________________________ Japanese cities They agreed to ____________________ after the unconditional ___________ to
Despite losing control of the Pacific & withstanding firebomb war the Allies
attacks, Japan _______________ to _______________ They agreed to create & join a
The world celebrated
By May 1945, the war in Europe was over & U.S. began preparing _____________________________
___________ (Victory in
for a _____________________________ of Japan As the Allies pushed into Germany & Poland, troops discovered
Europe)
& liberated concentration & __________________

The Potsdam Conference, 1945

In July 1945, the Big Three met at the ___________________________
The Manhattan Project to discuss the end of WWII
In 1939, ____________________________________________ wrote U.S. Truman learned the atomic bomb was ready & issued the
President Franklin Roosevelt about the potential to build a ________________ ______________________________________ to Japan: surrender or
weapon face destruction
FDR created a top-secret program called the _____________________
________________________________________________ was put in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Atomic Bomb
charge of developing the bomb When Japan refused to surrender, Truman ordered the bombing of
From 1942-1945, a number of _______________________ across the country ____________ on August 6, 1945
nd
developed & ___________ the bomb After _____ days, Japan did not surrender so a 2 atomic bomb was dropped on
In July 1945, the bomb was successfully ___________ at Los Alamos, New Mexico _________________
during Project _______________ After the second atomic bomb, Emperor ______________________ agreed to
In April 1945, FDR died & his VP _____________________________ had to a ___________________________
decide how to end the war in the Pacific World War II was ______________

Conclusions: The Impact of World War II

World War II was the biggest, most ___________________, & most impactful war in world history:
1. _______________was destroyed by the war & lost its place as the ______________________________ in the world
2. The ____________ & ______________ emerged as ________________________________ & rivals competing for influence in the world
3. A ______________________________________ was formed to replace the League of Nations to help promote peace
4. Colonized nation began to demand ______________________________________________ from Europeans